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@cmrn.co
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this is my journal of occasionally useful thoughts. design. marketing. creative. photography. discussion. in-house marketing designer (currently 🧦). weekly new hobby starter. 🇨🇦 cmrn.co

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cmrn @cmrn.co · 24/09/2026
Oop, made it 5 days before my screen protector shattered.
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cmrn @cmrn.co · 24/09/2026
I'd still kill for AI stock image search. Don't generate anything, but find me an existent image that's as close as possible to what I describe.
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cmrn @cmrn.co · 23/09/2026
I don’t think twice at all doing street photography with my camera, but for some reason with my iPhone I feel like an absolute creep.
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cmrn @cmrn.co · 20/09/2026
Was really excited to get an iPhone with standby mode until I realized it doesn't.... let you do anything useful? I just want it horizontal with my notification center somewhere, which I assumed would be the obvious default. But now I truly don't get who this is for or what the intended use is.
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cmrn @cmrn.co · 17/09/2026
YouTube A/B testing is going crazy lately, there's so many videos I'll save for later, but then I see them again with a completely different title and thumbnail that feel like a whole different topic.
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cmrn @cmrn.co · 17/09/2026
If I could go back in time a few years, man I wish I bought more external drives.
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cmrn @cmrn.co · 16/09/2026
As a certified pet peever of people incorrectly using 'a part' and 'apart' interchangeably... WWF nailed this proper contrast.
WWF Facebook post. "Look closer. Nature isn't just out there. It's in here too." WE ARE A PART OF NATURE / NOT APART FROM NATURE.
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cmrn @cmrn.co · 15/09/2026
"Here's a video I took of a creep that was recording someone without consent"
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cmrn @cmrn.co · 15/09/2026
Pessimistically, it feels like AI is destroying the appreciation for art in the world. The hopeful logic is that it reinforces the role, need, and impact of real humans in art. But practically... every beautiful thing I see now just has a comment section accusing it of being slop.
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cmrn @cmrn.co · 09/09/2026
The only feature I want from the foldable iPhone is having TouchID again...
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cmrn @cmrn.co · 09/09/2026
The HIGHEST iPhone number EVER (18).
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cmrn @cmrn.co · 09/09/2026
I don't care how much you use the word "on-device" or try to make yourself the privacy hero, "deeply personal intelligence" feels way more like a threat than a value prop.
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cmrn @cmrn.co · 08/09/2026
This fence makes cool shadows. Thanks for coming to my ted talk.
Shadows from a fence that look like an elongated checkerboard/brick-by-brick pattern
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cmrn @cmrn.co · 04/09/2026
It's so fucking cool to see people you inspired to do something surpass you at it
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cmrn @cmrn.co · 04/09/2026
Oroborous shark
Oroborous shark, lineart in blue, pink shading.
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cmrn @cmrn.co · 03/09/2026
Stickers makes Lego go from the most chill activity ever to high stress rocket science.
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cmrn @cmrn.co · 31/08/2026
2032: Yes, your glasses have cameras in them, but don’t worry: you'll never have access to the footage. That would be an invasion of privacy. It’s only for corporate data collection, location tracking, facial recognition, database building, and may be sold to additional partners at any time.
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cmrn @cmrn.co · 31/08/2026
Made a custom drippy liquid-metal inspired mirror yesterday. Pretty stoked with how it turned out. #design #3dprinting #interiordesign #art #productdesign #trippy
Close-up of a custom black 3D-printed mirror with an organic, melted liquid-metal-inspired frame and dripping details. Warm side lighting highlights the rippled surface texture and casts a large distorted shadow onto the wall behind it.
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cmrn @cmrn.co · 30/08/2026
Art project of the day: turn this awful dollar store mirror into something cool.
A selfie in a packaged dollar store mirror on a bed. Ugly bulbous frame.
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cmrn @cmrn.co · 30/08/2026
I cannot even remotely start to comprehend what the value proposition of this is supposed to be, unless it’s purely satire.
Tired of AI slop? 
Try Ai curated by Scandinavias best designers.
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cmrn @cmrn.co · 25/08/2026
For small businesses, AI has lowered production costs but created huge uniformity. For larger brands, the capability of AI has become the concept, which... usually greatly lacks concept. So paradoxically, trying to "stand out" with AI has converged marketing into something very bland and uniform.
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cmrn @cmrn.co · 24/08/2026
Prediction market, but for the inside/outside of a delivery window
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cmrn @cmrn.co · 14/08/2026
Googling fragrances but you need to add "English" to the end every time so it doesn't give you entirely French results.
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cmrn @cmrn.co · 14/08/2026
Well well well, if it isn't the Adobe "please don't cancel we'll offer you half price" offer showing up again.
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cmrn @cmrn.co · 09/08/2026
I feel like I both intuitively understand colour grading, and am 30 years out from ever remotely understanding colour grading.
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cmrn @cmrn.co · 31/07/2026
Vibe-based colour correction (I badly need to calibrate my monitor)
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cmrn @cmrn.co · 31/07/2026
I swear every corporate ad I get on Instagram sucks, but every music promo I get is the most fire artist of all time.
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cmrn @cmrn.co · 30/07/2026
Don't waste years looking for an overnight solution.
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cmrn @cmrn.co · 23/07/2026
My favourite hobby is scrolling through Figma too quickly and crashing my laptop because it maxes my memory.
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cmrn @cmrn.co · 14/07/2026
I'm working on a hardware project and there appears to be $100 of scope creep every day 😅
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cmrn @cmrn.co · 12/07/2026
My favourite thing about preorders is forgetting they exist. Looks like I got some @ibogost.com reading to do now!
The Small Stuff by Ian Bogost
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cmrn @cmrn.co · 08/07/2026
I mean, yeah sure I guess
Google: Half-marathon

Box: Half (-marathon) = -21.097494 kilometers
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cmrn @cmrn.co · 07/07/2026
Why my handle invalid ⁉️
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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
they call it "single sign on" because you have to sign on every single time
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cmrn @cmrn.co · 07/07/2026
They should invent hobbies without scope creep
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cmrn @cmrn.co · 06/07/2026
My neighbour got in trouble for making the complex smell like weed so now they’ve found a new strategy: make the complex smell like weed and incense.
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cmrn @cmrn.co · 03/07/2026
Frequency separation has to be one of the most useful techniques to have in your back pocket for editing photos.
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Thomas “Scary” Fuchs 🎃👻💀 @thomasfuchs.at · 03/07/2026
"We can't have children use social media! Let's ban it completely!" "We must have children use chatbots! Let's put them in all classrooms!" wtf is society doing
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cmrn @cmrn.co · 29/06/2026
It is so frustrating getting to the end of a checkout process and not a single place does it clarify if the "$" is USD or CAD.
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cmrn @cmrn.co · 26/06/2026
I have a meeting to onboard someone onto template I haven't touched in years and have no clue how to use, wish me luck.
static.klipy.com
Bill Oreilly: We'll Do It Live! Classic Meme
ALT: Bill Oreilly: We'll Do It Live! Classic Meme
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cmrn @cmrn.co · 26/06/2026
Been playing with a lot of image treatments lately, and this flash trail / drag effect has been one of my favourites. (Before → After, with the layer stack on the after.) Optional: add as much grain as humanly possible #graphicdesign #design #photoshop #photography
2 cloud figures on a lamp2 cloud figures on a lamp

Editing instructions: 

Layers (bottom to top):
1. Original | Normal
2. Path blur | Lighten *toggle "Centered Blur depending on desired effect"
3. Original | Pin Light
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cmrn @cmrn.co · 25/06/2026
My fav part about AI getting popular is now half of websites just instantly block you if you try to connect on incognito or a VPN, because they're tired of getting scraped 🤪
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cmrn @cmrn.co · 24/06/2026
The coolest thing about the internet is that people can build and share anything, and give you blueprints to create things you could never imagine. The worst part is how many makers get 87% of the way through documenting a project and then disappear forever right before the critical piece.
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cmrn @cmrn.co · 24/06/2026
Controlling 3d printed guns is the perfect example of something that sounds logical, right up until you actually try to work out an implementation. It's like social media age bans: simple in theory, but truly just a doorway to a much more potent discussion about freedom, privacy, and control.
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cmrn @cmrn.co · 22/06/2026
Whimsby’s World ☁️ Head In The Clouds Excited to get this one turned into a figure for the desk. #3dprinting #blender #design #character #characterdesign #3d
Whimsby - Head in the Clouds. A human-like figure with a cloud head standing on a cloud and holding a balloon
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cmrn @cmrn.co · 21/06/2026
Can't get enough of my lil cloud friend, Whimsby ☁️
3d model of a cloud figure standing on a cloud
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cmrn @cmrn.co · 19/06/2026
We're using the acronym ICP at work (Ideal Customer Profile, apparently) but whenever I read it all I can think of is...
static.klipy.com
Insane Clown Posse: Whoop Whoop!
Alt: Insane Clown Posse: Whoop Whoop!
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cmrn @cmrn.co · 19/06/2026
I got into a rabbit hole of content about converting old analog cameras (ie a Super 8) into digital ones using a Raspberry Pi etc. Now I think I kinda need to make one. Also on the list is making a wigglegram digital camera. I just can never get over old character and quirky tech.
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cmrn @cmrn.co · 18/06/2026
I just realized I never watched the last 10 episodes of Vikings because they weren’t on Netflix Canada, and I never even considered that the “ending” wasn’t the end. Now I wonder if there were any other shows that happened with…
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cmrn @cmrn.co · 18/06/2026
Mac Miller quotes recreated in his handwriting style
"Be you. You'll be fine." — Mac Miller"Music is a beautiful thing" — Mac Miller
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